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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 512,212, dated January 2, 1894.

Application filed March 23, I892. Renewed May 29, 1893- Serial No. 475.977. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ELIJAI-I PHILIP PEA- OOCK, of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Copy-Holders for Type-Writers and Oopyists, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

The object of my invention is to mark the lines of a copy, consecutively, from top to bottom, so as to direct the eye of the copyist to the exact location he is reading from. I accomplish this in such manner that the machine may be adjusted so that every time the marker moves its movement will correspond with the space between the lines, and so all that the copyist has to do is to press his finger on a lever when he desires the marker to move; substantially as hereinafter fully described, and as illustrated in the drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a front elevation of my invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a transverse horizontal section through the bed-plate, on the plane just above its lower edge. Fig. i is a rear viewof the marker carrier, and Fig. 5 is a transverse horizontal section therethrough, taken on the dotted line 5, 5, Fig. 4. V

In the drawings A represents a suitable base, and B represents a standard arising from the same.

0 represents the bed-plate against which the copy is placed and held, and it is pivotally connected to the top ofthe standard by means of a suitable lug awhich projects from about the center of its rear surface.

Plate 0 constitutes the support of my improvement; is about the dimensions shown, and is provided with a clamp for holding the copy. ,This clamp consists of a horizontal bar I) which is journaled in the lugs a a proj ecting forward from the vertical side of plate Onear, or next its upper edges. This bar has alateral ofi-set portion, or bend similar to the bend of a double crank between its bearings. The horizontal part of this offset bears against the plate or copy, and is given the necessary pressure to hold the copy in place by means of the torsion coil spring from stenographic note books, or from legal cap, the leaves of which are turned up out of the way. This device consists of a horizontal arm d, which extends laterally from one side of the plate a suitable distance, above and parallel with the upper edge of the' same. The pivotal end of this arm is turned vertically downward and is journaled in suitable lugs, the upper one d of which is provided with a pin d to prevent said arm from swinging forward beyond the vertical plane of the plate, and against which said arm is kept pressing, by means of a torsion coil spring 01 as shown. Vhen the leaf of the copy is turned up out of the way, the arm d is pushed back clear of the leaf, and then automatically returns to its normal position.

v D and D represent two brackets, which are respectively secured to and project from the top and bottom of plate 0, preferably, on the left hand side thereof, and these brackets are connected by a stationary vertical cylindrical rod E. Moving vertically through suitable guide openings in said brackets is a vertically reciprocal rod E, which is, preferably, placed to the left of rod E and parallel thereto. The ends of this bar extend throughothe brackets, and its upper end is provided with a head which limits its downward movement. Its upper portion is made narrower, and the guide opening in the bracket D, corresponds to this narrower part, thereby limiting the reciprocal throw of the bar to the length of this narrow upper portion. The lower end of this bar F, which extends through bracket D, is screw-threaded, and is provided with a nut e, which can be adjusted so asto regulate the throw of the reciprocations of the bar, when a movement is desired of a length less than the length of its upper narrower portion, and the permanency of the position of the gagenut e is insured by means of the lock-nut f, as, shown. Nut e is provided with a circumferential groove 6', to receive the edges of the slot '9 in the adjacent end of the spring G. This spring is provided with an outwardly projecting lobe in front of bar F, which affords a--key G, which the operator strikes withhis finger when he wants to operate the marking device. The end of this spring G, farthest from said bar F, extends horizontally some distance toward the right hand side of plate (J, and is suitably secured to the under surface of the lower outwardly flanged edges of plate 0. The normal position of spring G is such as to keep the nut e bearing up against the under surface of the bracket D,thus, after the downward movement caused by striking down upon key G, the bar F is immediately and automatically restored to its original position.

H represents a marker, which, preferably,

is made of a straight horizontal wire, which rests on the plate, or copy thereon, and whose ends are turned at right angles to its length and loosely wound arounda transverse cylindrical bar J, which is secured to and projects from the carrier K. The end of this wire marker H next the carrier, extends, after being wound around bar J, a slight distance in toward plate 0, and then laterally under the carrier beyond the outer side thereof, where, if desired, it can be formed so as to be easily caught hold of to raise the marker off the plate or copy-thereon, when desired. The

carrier K is moved downward a given distance every time bar F is moved downward, but does not voluntarily move back to its original position when said bar makes its return movement. It is the means for accomplishing this result that forms the principal feature of my invention.

The carrier is a rectangular shaped body having its top and bottom sides formed by flanging backward a suitable distance the top and bottom edges of its front. These top and bottom edges are provided with suitable guide openings m for the rods E and F to pass through, and their diameter is such that the carrier will be free to move longitudinally but will have no lost motion laterally. The back of this carrier is, preferably, entirely open, and under its upper side, between the rods E and F, it is provided with a suitable block g,preferably cast integral therewith, which is hollowed or cored out laterally from the end nearest the rod E, so as to provide a seat for the cylindrical brake h. This brake is kept pressing against the rod E by means of a coil spring h housed within said block and pressing upward against the brake h, as shown in dotted line in Fig. 2. The ob- .ject of this brake is to prevent the carrier cated, so as to pass on either side of the same, and. then bent downward and resting upon the adjacent end of the clamp-plate m. The opening It is a slightly elliptical opening, made down through said plate It at an angle of about twenty-three (23) degrees, as shown, the major axis of which is longitudinally disposed. This opening is of such proportions that the cylindrical rod F passing down through said plate will have the acute angle bearing against it. Now, when rod F is moved downward the friction generated between it and the acute edges of opening it in the lock-plate, causes said lock-plate to bind and to be carried downward by the movement of the rod. The initial movement of this lock-plate is independent, but when it has moved sufficient, so that its down-turned edges press the clamp-plate m downward, sufficient to make it release its hold upon rod E, the carrier is moved downward to an extent corresponding to the downward movement of the rod F.

As hereinbefore explained, the rod F auto-' matically returns to its original position when the pressure is removed from spring Gr,and were it not for the clamp-plate m the carrier would return with it to its original position. This clamp-plate is provided with an open ing n, which is substantially similar in every respect to the opening in plate 70. The rod E passes through this opening, and when the rod F returns to its normal position it lifts plate 70 to such an extent that the coil spring 0 pressing upward and raising the adjacent end of the clamp-plate, causes the plate m to clamp the rod E and holds the carrier stationary during the return movement of rod F. The clamp-plate 'm has one end of it extending laterally near rod F where it rests and is fulcrumed on the lug 10 arising from the lower side of the carrier. The spring 0 may rest upon the under side of the carrier, but I prefer to let it rest upon the platform '1" built up from the lower side of the carrier. This platform has a lug s arising from its outer end, as shown, which limits the downward movement of the adjacent end of plate m and prevents it from moving downward below a perfectly horizontal plane, when the plate 70 bears down upon the same.

WVhen it is desired to restore the carrier to and, being fulcrumed on the lower end of a lug '0 depending downward from block 9, as shown, presses with its downturned opposite end the clamp-platem.- This causessaidclampplate to release its hold upon the rod E, and thus, both rods being released the carrier is free to be moved upward or downward. The

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formation of. the adjacent extended end of the marker permits, at one and the same time, of the marker being raised from off the copy, and the carrier being returned to the top of the copy-holder, by simply one grasp of the fingers upon the extended end of the plate It, and the extended end of the marker.

What I claim as new is- 1. The combination with a suitable bedplate, and two parallel vertical rods having a smooth exterior located adjacent to and parallel with one side thereof, one of which is stationary and the other of which is reciprocal vertically, of a carrier, having devices therein which are actuated by the friction generated by the smooth exterior of said reciprocal rod so as to cause said carrier to move downward therewith but prevents the automatic return of the carrier, and a marker carried by said carrier, as set forth.

2. Thecombination with a suitable bedplate, and two parallel vertical rods having a smooth exterior, and located adjacent to and parallel with one vertical side edge thereof, one of which is stationary and the other of which is reciprocal vertically, of a carrier having devices therein which are actuated by the friction generated by the smooth exterior of said reciprocal rod so as to cause said carrier to move downward therewith, but prevents the automatic return of said carrier, a brake in said carrier pressing against said stationary rod, and a marker carried by said carrier.

3. The combination with a suitable bedplate, a clamp for holding the copy thereon, a leaf restrainer, and two parallel vertical rods having a smooth exterior, and located adjacent to and parallel with one vertical side edge of said plate, one of which is stationary and the other of which is reciprocal vertically, of a carrier, having devices therein which are actuated by the friction generated by the smooth exterior of said reciprocal rod so as to cause said carrier to move downward therewith, but prevents the automatic return of the carrier, anda marker carried by said carrier, as set forth.

4:. The combination with a suitable bedplate, a stationary rod near and parallel to one vertical side edge thereof, a vertically reciprocal rod near to and parallel with said stationary rod, a spring G, and gage nut e, of

a carrier having devices therein which are actuated by the smooth exterior of said reciprocal rod so as to cause said carrier to move downward therewith, but preventing the automatic return of said carrier, and a marker carried thereby, as set forth.

5. The combination with a suitable bedplate, brackets projecting from the upper and lower edge of said plate, a stationary rod near and parallel to one vertical side edge thereof connecting said brackets,avertically reciprocal rod near to and parallel with said stationary rod, moving through suitable openings in said brackets, having a knob on its upper end, having its upper portion narrowed, and its lower end screw threaded, a gage nut e, a lock nutf, and the spring G, of a carrier having devices therein which are actuated by the friction generated by said reciprocal rod so as to cause said carrier to move downward therewith, but prevents the automatic return of thesame, and a marker carried thereby, as set forth.

6. The combination with a suitable bedplate, and two parallel vertical rods havinga smooth exterior and located adjacent to the vertical side edge of said plate, one of which is stationary and the other of which is reciprocal vertically, of a carrier supporting a transverse marker, a lock-plate 7c, and a clampplate m, as set forth.

7. The combination with a suitable bedplate, and two parallel vertical rods having a smooth exterior and located adjacent to the vertical side edge of said plate, one of which is stationary, and the other of which is reciprocal vertically, of a carrier supporting a transverse marker, a lock-plate k, a clamp-plate m and aspring 0, as set forth.

8. The combination with a suitable bedplate, and. two parallel vertical rods having a smooth exterior and located adjacent to the vertical side edge of said plate, one of which is stationary and the other of which is reciprocal vertically, of a carrier supporting a transverse inarker, a lock-plate 76, a clamp-plate m, lugs p and v, fulcruming said plates, respectively, and lug s, as set forth.

ELIJ AH PHILIP PEACOCK. 4

Witnesses:

G. K. Loon, FRANK D. THOMASON. 

